Tweet REGARDING THE CITY MANAGER reducing the mayor’s bodyguard/driver’s suspension from 30 to 5 days, thank God for friends in high places, huh? HMMMM, I WONDER IF it has something to do with his part-time job. The chief is finding out his actions don’t mean anything if City Manager Alfred Lott and the mayor get [...]

Tweet By Cathy Higgins Are you wondering how to pay for those ever-increasing college costs? The answer could be connected to the library. That’s because through the end of July Albanians have the chance to win scholarship money from the state’s Path2College 529 Plan. Through July 31, the state college-fund savings plan is partnering with [...]

Tweet This week concludes my four-part series about things that commonly affect the speed and overall performance of your PC. In order to maintain your machines at optimum condition, you must monitor all of these issues; but the topic covered today can often have dramatic consequences to the point of shutting you down or shutting [...]

Tweet As budgets get cut throughout this nation, including in Albany, it’s clear that an increase in revenue is the only way to prevent more and more cuts. Tax increases are always unpopular, and often unnecessary. Cutting services are usually the best way, but also tend to be unpopular. So what is a struggling community [...]